Saturday, July 5, 2014

NOTD: SinfulColors "Cinderella" + essie "shine of the times"


So sorry that my first 'real' post in a long time is a nail one (much less a nail one which includes a polish you've seen a million times before [here, and here, and oh yeah here too]) but this is just the easiest way for me to get back into the swing of blogging! Which I plan on doing… but don't hold me to it. That kind of commitment during the lazy summer heat and my currently never-ending summer classes is a bit too much for me to handle.




 My girl Stephanie over at Short 'N Chic actually sent me her bottle of "Cinderella" from SinfulColors when she felt it wasn't getting as much love as it deserved. I knew the minute I laid eyes on it though that this particular polish (amongst the plethora she sent me; you can see it at the 10 minute mark) was going to get an immense amount of love during the warmer months! It's a gorgeous not-quite-pale-though-not-quite-bright baby blue polish with iridescent flakes laced throughout. 
And while the shiny bits were quite noticeable on their own, I just needed to give them that extra "oomph" with essie's "shine of the times" to really dazzle in the (currently scorching and torturous) summer sun. I'm not at all built to deal with the blindness and waterfalls from my pores that the 100 degree weather Boston is causing at the moment but blindness and waterworks in my mouth caused by sparkly nail polish? That's a whooooole 'nother story.






I just plain old love the way this nail polish combo looks. No true rhyme or reason behind it; it could be the multifaceted nature of the interaction between the two coats of shimmer, the seemingly endless shifts in color that the polish takes on in different light (sometimes subtle, other times blaring), or maybe just the fact that I got an endless amount of compliments on this polish wherever I went. Truly, be it on the train while sharing a grip on a pole during the rush hour commute or while I was unhanging and scanning people's clothing purchases at work, someone always mentioned how fantastic my nails were and that they just needed to know what polish it was. Well, here's the answer!! Just a bottle of something borrowed and blue with a personal standby true. 

Big shout out to Stephanie again; thank you SO much for this polish!!
Check out her blog a.s.a.p. if you haven't and are a fellow lacquer lover… she's amazing to say the least.

Have you tried either of these polishes?
 Ever paired 'em together?
What polish do you get the most compliments on when you wear it?
Do share!!

xoxo - Cassie

Friday, July 4, 2014

YouTube Made Me Buy It!: benefit big easy multi-balancing complexion perfector



I promise you guys, I'm working on a REAL BLOG POST RIGHT NOW!!!!! I'm sick of my blog being nothing more than a dumping ground for my videos as well, trust me. So hang tight, enjoy the holiday (if you're in the U.S.), and check out my newest video up on YouTube in the meantime!!
As always, I hope you all are well and that you enjoy~

xoxo - Cassie

Monday, June 30, 2014

Best & Worst of Beauty: June '14!



What better way to wrap up the month of June than by staying true to form and writing a blog post to notify you all of a new video? Ughhh. I'm so upset with my lack of 'real' blogging this month; I vow to try to do better in July (no promises though… summer school goes until August)!! 
Regardless, I spent all of yesterday editing my monthly favorites/pyramid/best & worst video so I figure, while it's hot off the YouTube processing press, I'd let you all know that it's there when/if you want to watch it. As always, I hope you enjoy and that you had a wonderful June! 2014 is halfway over… yikes (to say the least).

xoxo - Cassie

Thursday, June 26, 2014

YouTube Made Me Buy It!: benefit they're real! push-up liner



This video was one of the biggest pains in my you-know-what to put together (footage lost, corrupted, etc.) but I finally did it!! Hopefully you all are just as excited as I was to see this gel liner in action from a non sponsored/non PR sample receiving person and can forgive the few hiccups in the video. I tried my darndest to make it as smooth and informative as possible!

I hope you're all well and are looking forward to the weekend (I'm personally just excited to go to bed right now haha)~

xoxo - Cassie

Monday, June 23, 2014

Upon Request!



What a surprise, another YouTube update!! My blog has just been full of actual blog post content lately, hasn't it (the sarcasm hasn't been this real since I praised the current art world in class recently)? 
Anyways, in all seriousness, you all seemed really jazzed about me doing an updated "What's In My Bag" video so… well… an update I did! Nothing too terribly exciting has changed since my last "What's In My Bag" video but I'm hoping you enjoy it nonetheless. Not so thrilled about the video? Well, if you are of age and want to kill yourself by way of alcohol poisoning, feel free to take a shot every time I say "just in case"/"you never know"; don't blame me though if, like said, you keel over in the process. Cheers!

xoxo - Cassie

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Outfit Roundup!



Just stopping in real quick (my apologies; that seems to be the 'norm' as of late) to say that I uploaded a new OOTW video to my YouTube channel last night. So, if you haven't seen it yet and are looking for a quick sumthin'-sumthin' to watch, check it out! As always I hope you enjoy and are having a great weekend~

xoxo - Cassie

Thursday, June 19, 2014

NARS Pro-Prime Light Optimizing Primer: First Impression + Review!



Hello hello fellow beauty enthusiasts (addicts) and friends! I hope you're all hanging in there now that the heat of summer has really begun to wreak wrath upon the states here… personally, I'm all sweat and tears but that's nothing new; c'est la vie. 
This kind of weather is good for one thing though in the world of makeup and that's testing out products to their full power!! Or lack thereof *dun dun dunnn*. Find out how the NARS Pro-Prime Light Optimizing Primer did under the hot Boston sun by clicking the video above! 

As always I hope you enjoy~

xoxo - Cassie
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